Leipoa

Lei`po´a    (lî`pō´å)

n.

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(Zool.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant.

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Noun

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leipoa - Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds Leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, scrub fowl, mound builder - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs genus Leipoa - mallee fowl mallee hen - adult female mallee fowl